Drawer-locking device



S. OSTERWEIL.

DRAWER LOCKING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY7. 19%,

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S. OSTERWEIL.

DRAWER LOCKING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY7| 1917.

Patented June 15, 1920.

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DRAWER LOCKING DEVICE. APPLICATION men MAY7, 1917.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SYDNEY OSTERWEIL, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR'TO L. GOLDSMITH & SON, OF NEWARK, NEVT JERSEY, A FIRM COMPOSED OF DAVID OSTERWEIL, NATHAN GOLDSMITH, SYDNEY OS'IERWEIL, AND LEON OS'I'ERWEIL.

DRAWER-LOCKING DEVICE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 15, 1920.

Application filed May 7, 1917. Serial No. 166,856.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SYDNEY Os'rERwniL, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have in vented new and useful Improvements in Drawer-Locking Devices, of which the fol drawers locked until the trunk is stood upon its right end; to avoid unnecessarily decreasing the depth of the drawers from front to back; to obtain a rigid and durable construction adapted to withstand the hard usage to which a trunkis subjected, and to obtain other advantages and results as may be brought out in the following description.

Referring to the accompanying drawings in which like numerals of reference indicate the same parts throughout the several views Figure 1 shows an open trunk with a drawer section in front elevation and two of the lower drawers removed;

Fig. 2 is a vertical central section of the drawer section showing the top drawer partially slid out;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a portion of the back wall of the drawer section, show ing the upper end of a certain locking member thereon;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the upper drawer with the lifting cam mounted upon the back thereof, and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the locking hooks. I

In the specific embodiment of the invention illustrated in said drawings the reference numeral 1 indicates a drawer section and reference numeral 2 indicates the cover section therefor of a wardrobe trunk. In the drawer section, are a plurality of drawers 3 slidably mounted on suitable ledges 4, as is customary, to permit the drawers to be drawn out as desired.

Upon the inside of the back wall of the drawer section I slidably mount preferably a rod 5 longitudinally of the section behind all the drawers. As shown, this rod is substantially at the middle of the back wall and carried in any suitable bearings (3 secured to the wall, it being preferable to position the rod very close to the wall so that only a small clearance space is left therebetween. The upper end of the rod behind the top drawer preferably bends outward as at 7, toward the front of the drawer section and then laterally substantially parallel to both the top and back walls of the section, as at 8, and then inwardly again toward the back wall as at 9, thus forming a transverse U-head at the top of the rod for purposes next described. The end of the rod projecting inwardly toward the back of the trunk may be turned downwardly again if desired, as at 10, parallel to the body portion of the rod and may extend as far down as found desirable; both for preventing the rod from rotating and for affording additional support and guidance to the rod.

Upon the back of the upper drawer is secured a lifting bracket or cam 11. This lifting bracket is preferably at substantially the middle of the back of the drawer or otherwise positioned to coact with the above described head on the rod to engage said head and lift the rod when the drawer is slid all the way in and hold it lifted until the drawer is again slid outward.

Behind all of the other drawers, that is, all the drawers except the top one, transverse cross-rods or pins 12 project from the vertically slidable rod 5, said pins being fast with respect to the rod and obviously all lifted at the same time by lifting the rod 5. Upon the backs of all of the drawers, except the top one, are secured hooks 13 which have a lower lip-portion 14: spaced away from the back of the drawer and extending downwardly in such a manner that upon lifting the rod 5, when the drawers are slid all the way in, the transverse pins 12 will enter between the said lip-portions 14 of the hooks and the backs of the drawers and thereby prevent the drawers from being withdrawn until said pins are lowered again. Obviously, all of the drawers below the top one may therefore be locked closed by closing the top drawer. Preferably, the said hooks 13 have their lower free or lip-portions 14L spaced only far enough away from the backs of the drawers to receive the pins 12 without any material lost motion, so'the drawerswill not have to be decreased materially in depth from front to back, the locking means described taking up very little room. While I have shown only one hook upon each drawer, it will be understood more may be used if desired, for instance, one near each end of the drawer, with the pins 12 extending bothways from the rod and long. enough to engage said hooks,

As shown, suitable; stops l5 areprovided near the opposite ends of the drawers at their backs, preferably upon the trunk section, to limit the position to which said drawersmay be slid inwardly 0'5 the trunk section, The upper drawer which obvi-' ously,': because of its cam shaped bracket and the U-head on the vertically slidable rod has to be of slightly; less depth from front to backv than the other drawers, is

drawers which will hold all of said drawers closedluntil said means releases by gravity.

hen the trunk is delivered and opened, if

it is stood on its wrong end, thejsliding rod 5 will hold all the drawers, except the one secured by lock and key, from being opened,

quired by the following claims when con strued in the light of the prior art.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is,

The combination with a compartment and a series ofdrawers therein, of a locking member comprising a slidable metal rod at the. inner ends of said drawers, a portion of said rod being forwardly and then laterally offset ad acent and substantially parallel to the inner end of one of the drawers, said portion of the rod then extending rearwardly and substantially parallel to the main portion thereof, means for slidably supporting said rod within the compartment, said supporting means engaging the rod at opposite sides of said offset portion to prevent rotation of said, rod, means on the said one of the drawers to engage said offset portion of ,the rod to operate the rod, and co-acting means 011 the other drawers and said rod for locking said other drawers.

In testimony whereof I have ,signed this specification in the presence of'two subscribing witnesses.

V SYDNEY OSTERVEIL. lVitnesses:

HENRY HAHN, HOWARD P. KING. 

